Yankees Endure Another Postponement

The Yankees’ game in Baltimore on Thursday was called after a rain delay of nearly two hours.CreditCreditPatrick Semansky/Associated Press

By Jeff Seidel

May 31, 2018

BALTIMORE — The first game of the Yankees’ four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles was postponed by rain Thursday night.

The game never started and was called after a wait of nearly two hours. It will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on July 9.

Six Yankee games have been affected by subpar weather this season, including a suspended game in Washington, which will be completed June 18.

“Sadly, we’re used to it, I guess,” Manager Aaron Boone said. “It is what it is. Try and make the best of it; get ready to go tomorrow.”

The Yankees will keep their starting rotation the same. Sonny Gray (3-4, 5.98 E.R.A.) was supposed to start Thursday and will take the mound Friday. Masahiro Tanaka will follow Gray on Saturday with Domingo German going Sunday in the series finale.

The weekend weather forecast in Baltimore does not look promising, with possible heavy rain on the horizon for various times Friday through Sunday.

But this postponement helps Boone give players like catcher Gary Sanchez an official day of rest. Sanchez, who battled calf issues recently, was not in the starting lineup Thursday after serving as the designated hitter Wednesday.

Boone said that Sanchez was fine physically but that he wanted to give him “a day and a half off.”

The right-hander Adam Warren, who has been on the disabled list since April 21 with a back strain, was back with the Yankees after throwing approximately 40 pitches on a rehab assignment with Class AA Trenton on Wednesday.

Boone said the Yankees would see how Warren bounced back in the next few days. He could return in a relief role for Monday’s doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers.

Warren said he was closer to where he needed to be. “I was much more polished yesterday,” he said.

The Yankees are 1-3 this season against the last-place Orioles. All four of those games came in an early-season series in the Bronx.